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The Joint Program in Survey Methodology (JPSM) is the nation’s oldest and largest program offering graduate training in the principles and practices of survey research.
Founded in 1993, JPSM is a consortium between the University of Maryland, the University of Michigan and Westat, a statistical services company based in Rockville, Md. Its award-winning instructional faculty, drawn from all three institutions, are all leading researchers in survey methodology. JPSM is sponsored by the Federal Interagency Consortium on Statistical Policy” JPSM’s mission is to educate the next generation of survey researchers, survey statisticians and survey methodologists. To that end, it offers a Ph.D. program, an M.S. in survey methodology, and certificate and citation programs. It also offers a program of short courses and a Summer Fellows program for undergraduates.
We have both full-time and part-time students, many of them drawn from local agencies (such as the Bureau of the Census, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the National Center for Health Statistics, the National Center for Education Statistics, the National Agricultural Statistical Service) and survey organizations (including Westat, RTI International, the Gallup Organization, and Mathematica). Many of our full-time students are placed in summer internships at these and other organizations.
Stay tuned for information about JPSM’s new online program and its developing Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) specialization by visiting www.jpsm.umd.edu.
Published on Fri, Apr 17, 2015 - 12:24PM